2003-07-18
... ? Gene length predicts depression risk: Some people are hit harder by stressful life events than others.Variation in a single gene may explain why some people weather stressful events while others are plunged into depression, say scientists. The gene, which encodes a protein called 5-HTT, reveals its influence when people experience divorce, debt, unemployment or other occasions of 'threat, loss, humiliation or defeat', Terrie Moffitt of King's College London and her colleagues have shown. They studied nearly 850 New Zealanders taking part in an ongoing health study
